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Southern Penduline-Tit

Anthoscopus minutus (Shaw, G 1812)

The Cape penduline tit or southern penduline tit is a species of bird in the family Remizidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savannah, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. At 8 cm (3.1 in) in length, it is one of the smallest species of bird found in Africa, along with its cousins the grey penduline tit and the mouse-coloured penduline tit. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Remizidae
Genus:
   Anthoscopus
Scientific:
  Anthoscopus minutus


Original description

Citation:
  (Shaw, G 1812)

Reference:
   Nat. Miscellany 23 pl.997

Protonym:
  Sylvia minuta

Type locality:
  Heerenlogement, Cape Province, South Africa.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40611507


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  E62393636BC02387

Avibase ID:
  avibase-E6239363

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/E6239363


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 558609

Geographic range:

  • Anthoscopus minutus minutus: W Namibia to w Cape Prov., Botswana and w Orange Free State
  • Anthoscopus minutus damarensis: Angola, northern Namibia, Botswana (except southwest), Zimbabwe, and northeastern South Africa
  • Anthoscopus minutus gigi: south central South Africa (Little Karoo and southern Great Karoo)
English:
Southern Penduline-Tit
Catalan:
teixidor afroaustral
Czech:
moudivláček kapský
Danish:
Sydafrikansk Pungmejse
German:
Kapbeutelmeise
Spanish:
Pájaro Moscón de El Cabo
Spanish (Spain):
Pájaro moscón de El Cabo
Finnish:
akasiapussitiainen
French:
Rémiz minute
Croatian:
sivoglava sjenica
Hungarian:
fokföldi függőcinege
Italian:
Pendolino meridionale
Japanese (romaji):
kibaraafurikatsurisugara
Japanese:
キバラアフリカツリスガラ
Lithuanian:
Kapinė remeza
Dutch:
Kaapse Kapokmees
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Svartpannepungmeis
Norwegian:
Svartpannepungmeis
Polish:
remizek żółtobrzuchy
Portuguese:
pássaro-do-algodão-do-cabo
Portuguese (Portugal):
chapim-do-algodão-do-cabo
Russian:
Капский ремез
Slovak:
kúdeľníčka sivohlavá
Serbian:
Južna senica vuga
Swedish:
törnpungmes
Ukrainian:
Ремез південний
Chinese:
南攀雀
Chinese (Traditional):
南方攀雀


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Southern Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Southern Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Southern Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Southern Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Southern Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Southern Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Southern Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Southern Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Southern Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Southern Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Southern Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Cape Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Cape Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Cape Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Cape Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Cape Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Cape Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Cape Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Cape Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Cape Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Cape Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Rémiz minute ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Rémiz minute ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Southern Kapok Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Southern Kapok Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Cape Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Cape Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Cape Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Cape Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Cape Penduline-tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Anthoscopus minutus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Anthoscopus minutus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Anthoscopus minutus [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Southern Penduline-Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Cape Penduline Tit ( Anthoscopus minutus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Anthoscopus minutus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Anthoscopus minutus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Gryskapokvoël, Kaapse Kapokvoël
Azerbaijani: Kap pəsnəkquşu
Catalan: teixidor afroaustral
Czech: Moudivlácek kapský, moudivláček kapský
Danish: Sydafrikansk Pungmejse
German: Kap Beutelmeise, Kapbeutelmeise, Weißstirn-Beutelmeise
English: Cape Penduline Tit, Cape Penduline-Tit, Cappoc-vogel, Southern Kapok Tit, Southern Penduline Tit, Southern Penduline-Tit
English (United Kingdom): Southern Penduline Tit
English, HBW: Cape Penduline-tit
English (IOC): Cape Penduline Tit
English (United States): Southern Penduline-Tit
English (South Africa): Cape Penduline-Tit
Esperanto: Suda saknestulo
Spanish: Baloncito Kapok, Pájaro moscón de El Cabo, Pájaro-moscón de El Cabo
Spanish (Spain): Pájaro moscón de El Cabo
Spanish (HBW): Southern Penduline-Tit
Estonian: lõuna-kukkurtihane
Finnish: Akaasiapussitiainen, akasiapussitiainen
French: Rémiz de Carol, Rémiz du Cap, Rémiz minute
Croatian: sivoglava sjenica
Hungarian: fokföldi függőcinege
Italian: Pendolino del Capo, Pendolino meridionale
Japanese (romaji): kibaraafurikatsurisugara
Japanese: キバラアフリカツリスガラ
Kazakh: Кап құрқылтайы
Kirghiz: Кап куркулдайы, салаңдагыч кашка чымчык
Scientific: Anthoscopus minutus, Anthoscopus minutus minutus, Sylvia minuta
Lithuanian: Kapinė remeza
Dutch: Kaapse Kapokmees
Norwegian Nynorsk: Svartpannepungmeis
Norwegian: Svartpannepungmeis
Polish: remizek zóltobrzuchy, remizek żółtobrzuchy
Portuguese: C, Pássaro-do-algodão do Cabo, pássaro-do-algodão-do-cabo
Portuguese (Portugal): chapim-do-algodão-do-cabo
Russian: Капский ремез, Подвешивающаяся синица
Slovak: kúdelnícka sivohlavá, kúdeľníčka sivohlavá
Serbian: Južna senica vuga
Swedish: Kappungmes, törnpungmes
Turkish: Güney Afrika çulhakuşu
Ukrainian: Ремез південний
Chinese: 南攀雀
Chinese (Traditional): 南方攀雀

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